31|01|2012

In March Alan Lomax's field recording archive will
be available to stream in its entirety for free. Currently all
15,000 recordings can be heard as 45 second snippets here, but from March will be available in full. Files
also include session and recording notes, full lists of performers,
locations, and dates.

The project is run by the Global Jukebox label, part of the Association for Cultural Equity, who deal with the
digitisation of Lomax's archive. Global Jukebox also curate
compilations for release digitally and in physical format
(including on LP through Mississippi Records).

The Association for Cultural Equity also looks
after the photography and film footage from Lomax's expeditions.
All Lomax's photography is already archived, and film footage is in
the process of being digitised.

On the cover: Holly Herndon – the US sound artist and laptop auteur spreads the faith of the liberating potential of technology. A Primer on the maverick composer Moondog, Daniel Spicer on Brighton's outsider poets and musicians, Lightning Bolt take The Wire's Invisible Jukebox test, Isnaj Dui, Radiophrenia, Jlin and much more. Plus: our latest 20 track CD, free to all readers with The Wire.